His Best Feud: Ric Flair

[It's...Baylariat!]

Picking Ric Flair's best feud is like picking a favorite child. Flair is an icon. A legend. Anyone he wrestled was better for wrestling him. Plain and simple. Flair made stars because he was made a star himself by Harley Race. But in a close finish, between Steamboat, Funk, Race, and Rhodes... I'm taking Steamboat.

Not many people can say they had a match that was deemed the greatest of all time. Flair and Steamboat had TWO of those matches. In less than a year. Chi-Town Rumble and Wrestle War will go down as marquee events because of the Flair/Steamboat matches at both of those events. All these guys did were bust their ass, wrestle the match of their lives, and tell a great story to boot.

Steamboat was the good guy. As good as it gets. Family values, honesty, and courage. Flair was money, babes, and booze. He talked the talk, and for once, someone shut him up. Steamboat did that in their first contest. Many thought Steamboat was over matched by Flair, but it was the other way around. The story was that Flair overlooked Steamboat and ended up losing his belt. THEN, the next time they met, Flair had his A game, and so did Steamboat. And the match was epic. Oh so epic. There hasn't been a set of matches that can replicate Flair/Steamboat. Maybe HBK/Undertaker. They can make history, but to me, the standard for rivalries was set by Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat.

 

[Terry'sGordy]

Good list but I'd have taken off HHH, Taker, and Hogan and put on the Von Erich's, Magnum T.A. and Wahoo.

Dusty as number 1 was a good pick. The matches with Steamboat, Barry, Sting and the Von Erich's were better but when you combine ringwork, crowd heat, promo's and emotion Dusty is the right pick !

 

[Ruthless-RKO]

I have to go with Sting, about 12 years, on-off feud, with some great matches...I think their best match came in 1989 i think, it was great american bash...and they also closed the very last ntro to end the feud....

i though when flair came to TNA, this feud would pick up again, but it was opposite as they came together...so for me, it would have to be Sting...

 

[mikeyboy]

i guess i would say dusty but his feud with race is what made flair he went from good wrestler to legend and became the flair we know and love so it comes in a very close second just because of its importance.